Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

The craftsman recommended by Chen Lang was Liu Jun.

Due to heavy rain and floods, Liu Jun has been unable to go out to purchase soybeans for almost a month. He also finds it difficult to help with the carpentry work at home, and he is in a state of doing nothing.

When Chen Lang went to see him before, he found that Liu Jun was so idle that he was about to get moldy.

Liu Jun originally wanted to be a carpenter, and being Chen Lang's purchasing manager was just a temporary solution.

The reason why Liu Jun was obsessed with carpentry was that he was holding a grudge in his heart.

He wanted to prove to his father that he was no worse than his eldest brother and was ten thousand times stronger than the third brother.

When Fan Cheng learned that Chen Lang had a candidate to recommend, he nodded and said, "Then let the person you recommend make this farm tool."

"But I'd like to know how this farm tool can help with the current situation."

"Could this set of farm tools possibly be worth as much as a new house?"

Chen Lang said, "Sir, what farmers value most is actually the land. As long as the land can grow food, they will be happy to live in a shack."

"But if the land yields poor crops or even no crops at all, they won't feel at ease even if you let them live in the manor."

"After the disaster, farmland was severely damaged, making winter ploughing more difficult. If we continue to plow the land the same way as in previous years, we might have to plow the land again or even twice in the spring. This would shorten the time for spring sowing and affect the harvest next year."

"With the curved plow, we can solve this problem very well. We can plow twice in winter and then sow directly in spring. For farmers, this is the most cost-effective compensation plan."

Fan Cheng said, "If your curved plow can really achieve this effect, then using this farm implement to compensate the farmers is indeed the best choice."

Chen Lang said, "Sir, once this farm tool is completed, you must immediately submit a detailed document to the Guangling Prefecture and claim the credit for it."

Fan Cheng nodded: "Of course, otherwise Shi Liguo would definitely steal the credit."

"Chen Tongsheng, you can rest assured. I will not monopolize the credit for this farm tool. It belongs to you."

Chen Lang bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Liu Jun arrived at the county government office under the leadership of Deng Jie.

After looking at the drawings of the curved plow, Liu Jun patted his chest and said that it could be made in a few hours.

Fan Cheng was overjoyed and immediately ordered Deng Jie to go to the workshop to get tools and wood, and asked Liu Jun to make the farm tool in the small courtyard where he worked. Chen Lang gave guidance and shortened the production time by about one third.

In less than two hours, the curved plow was made.

Fan Cheng ordered his men to pack up the curved plow, and then took Chen Lang and others away from the back of the county government office.

I went to a deserted place outside the city and experimented with the effect of the curved plow.

The effect is amazing!

Fan Cheng said excitedly: "With this, Shi Liguo will never be able to do anything to me again."

"I will go back and write a detailed report."

After saying that, he turned around, got into the sedan chair, and left quickly.

Chen Lang and Liu Jun were left staring at each other on the ridge of the field.

Liu Jun scratched his head and said, "Is that the end?"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "Of course not. Brother Liu, congratulations, you will be the exclusive supplier of agricultural tools for the county government from now on."

Liu Jun felt very embarrassed and said, "This is all your credit. I just took advantage of it."

"Besides, I don't think the government will hand this business over to me. The government has its own workshop."

Chen Lang said, "The government workshop isn't staffed enough, and they have other things to do. The flood has completely destroyed the official roads around Nanhe County, and a large area of the riverbed has collapsed. The officials in the workshop will be busy for half a year just to repair these things, and they don't have any extra energy to take care of farm tools."

"Besides, if we let the workshop do it, then the curved plow will become a purely public welfare agricultural tool, and there will be no way to make money through this method."

"According to the laws of our dynasty, it is strictly forbidden for government offices to engage in business. If they want to make money to fill their coffers, they must cooperate with local merchants."

"Even if this cooperation model fails, the merchants will suffer losses, and the government will not be affected in the slightest."

"No matter how incorruptible Fan Cheng is, he won't go against the mainstream when it comes to making money for the government."

Liu Jun was surprised and said, "Chen Tongsheng, I haven't seen you for a while, and I found that you have changed a lot."

"Do you know everything about the government office so clearly?"

Chen Lang said, "Even if I haven't eaten pork, I've always seen pigs run."

"Remember, when you cooperate with the government in the future, be more careful. Fan Cheng is the county magistrate after all, and it is impossible for him to do everything himself. The people you have to deal with are still the clerks of the government."

"If you can make money while feeding this group of people, you have to think more about it."

"In short, when it comes to money, don't blindly trust the verbal promises of yamen clerks. Signing or sealing a deal is the worst option. The best approach is to settle the deal in exchange for money."

"Of course, there are many tricks involved. You have to slowly comprehend them yourself."

Chen Lang did not say this casually, but it was the result of his bitter experience.

In his previous life, the first company Chen Lang worked for after graduating from university was specialized in purchasing holiday gifts for the government. This company only lasted for half a year before going bankrupt. The reason was very simple. All the funds were verbal promises. When the company's finance department went to the government to ask for money, the other party just said two words: no money.

The company's president contacted the media to expose the incident, which caused quite a stir. However, government officials said in front of the media cameras that they would ensure the issue would be resolved as soon as possible, but when the media left, everything remained the same.

It took the company boss eight years to recover the payment of more than one million yuan for goods.

By chance, Chen Lang saw the boss on the street and almost didn't recognize him.

People in their forties look as old as those in their seventies or eighties.

Liu Jun said, "Chen Tongsheng, I promise you that if my shop can be successfully opened, you will always get 20% of the profits!"

Chen Lang said: "What do you want me to do? I don't care about this."

Liu Jun was firm in his attitude and said that if Chen Lang didn't want it, he would rather not do the deal.

Chen Lang could only nod in agreement.

When I returned to the tofu shop, I found Zhao Chunhua's parents were packing up.

When the flood receded, the two old people could not stay there for a moment and wished they could fly back to their hometown to see what had happened to their house.

Seeing this, Chen Lang thought that he should go back to Hezhong Village to see the condition of the new house.

By the way, he told Lin Heng the operating principle of the tap water system. This was the original promise and must be fulfilled.

With this in mind, Chen Lang found Li Xiuzhi and asked, "Xiuzhi, let me ask you a question. If our new home is washed away, will we rebuild it?"

Li Xiuzhi nodded and said, "Cover it."

“No matter how good it is outside, it’s not as good as home.”

"Besides, we always have to go back to our hometown during festivals and visit our ancestors' graves. It's inconvenient if we don't have a place to stay."

Chen Lang said, "Okay, let's build it. Let Lin Heng build two more."

Li Xiuzhi blinked: "Why?"

Chen Lang chuckled: "Because we will have many children in the future."

Li Xiuzhi was so embarrassed that she pinched Chen Lang's arm and said, "You are so bad."